BABY CRIB RECALL: SIMPLICITY BASSINET PRODUCT DESIGN DEFECTIVE AND DEADLY. LA PERSONAL INJURY LAWYERS ARE HERE FOR YOU.
Infant beds sold in the U.S., including cribs, sleepers, and bassinets, have a number of federal crib safety standard requirements by law. These standards are designed to keep babies safe while sleeping and spending time in their beds. Products that fail to uphold the design standards are dangerous and deadly, as well as illegal. The US Consumer Product and Safety Commission (CPSC) has announced a recall of Simplicity Bassinets due to a design flaw that has already resulted in the deaths of 4 infants. If you believe that your child has been injured or killed in one of the recalled sleepers, call 1-800-ALAWPRO in California to speak to a lawyer for free now.
Current safety standards require that bars on infant cribs be 2 3/8 inches apart or less. The front of the Simplicity bassinets has a gap that is wider than the standard allows. If the fabric and Velcro which fits around one of the front bars is not attached, or is attached in correctly, an infant can be strangled in one of two ways: (1) getting stuck between the bars, or (2) suffocating in the pocket created by the mis-assembled fabric and velcro. Infants have died in each of these circumstances.
Over 900,000 infant sleepers by Simplicity are involved in the recall, specifically those called 3-in-1 and 4-in-1 convertible bassinets dating as far back as 2001. Also known as close-sleepers and bedside sleepers, bassinets affected by the recall include ones sold under the Graco brand and others with Winnie the Pooh print. The bassinets were sold at retailers including Target, Wal-Mart and Toys ‘R’ Us. The recall is one of the first under a new law allowing the CPSC to make such a public announcement. Simplicity is out of business, and its current asset owner is refusing to take responsibility for the products in question, and therefore not participating in any recall. To learn more about product liability and design defects, visit www.alawpro.com now.
If your child has been hurt or killed in a Simplicity bassinet in California, please call the Law Offices of Greenberg & Rudman LLP now. We have more than 50 years combined legal experience, and though we can never undo the pain of losing a child, we can help you understand your rights and seek damages for your losses. Call us at 1-800-ALAWPRO (1-800-252-9776) for a confidential consultation. We are here to help you now.
